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S vs Exfoliate - What's the difference?

s | exfoliate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb exfoliate is

to remove the leaves from a plant.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    exfoliate

    English

    (Exfoliation)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To remove the leaves from a plant.
  • To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
  • (mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.

    • Derived terms

    * exfoliant * foliate * foliation * exfoliating * exfoliation